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No evidence of association of the osteocalcin gene HindIII polymorphism with bone mineral density in Chinese women.
Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions - 1 Jan 2000
Jiang D K, Xu F H, Liu M Y, Chen X D, Li M X, Liu Y J, Shen H, Deng H W
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporosis is a major health problem, mainly characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD). Osteocalcin (also known as BGP, for bone Gla protein) is a significant biomarker of bone turnover and thus the BGP gene has been considered as an important candidate gene for osteoporosis. A few studies on the relationship between variants of the BGP gene and BMD variation, via traditional association and/or linkage...
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